Ask HN: Why Not NativeScript Instead of React Native?

There is also more hype about React than Angular. I don't exactly think that React is a 'better' framework than Angular. But the truth is the dev ecosystem loves React, which gives React Native a huge edge. I do believe that NativeScript would have been more popular than React Native if Angular(2) was more popular than React.

- less boilerplate

- less opinionated

- one way data flow is easier to reason about

- typing is optional, insert it when it's appropriate

- better ecosystem

- the managing entity hasn't yet thrown it in a dumpster and gone back to the drawing board

Thanks Walter! Those are good points.

Really interested to hear what people have to say about this.